Nigel Wright prepares to testify before the Commons ethics committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this November 2, 2010 file photo. Harper announced May 19, 2013 he has accepted the resignation of Wright, following revelations his chief of staff had been involved in the ongoing Senate expense account spending scandal. (CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS)

Nigel Wright prepares to testify before the Commons ethics committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in this November 2, 2010 file photo. Harper announced May 19, 2013 he has accepted the resignation of Wright, following revelations his chief of staff had been involved in the ongoing Senate expense account spending scandal.(CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS)

Nigel Wright: ‘I made some mistakes. I’m living with the consequences’
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“I made some mistakes. I'm living with the consequences of those mistakes. But I believe I can account for my actions,” Mr. Wright told CTV after being stopped on an Ottawa street before dawn, Tuesday.

Mr. Wright is expected to be questioned by federal Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson, who is investigating the matter.

CTV caught up with Mr. Wright as he undertook his regular 4 a.m. 20-kilometre run through downtown Ottawa.

After trying to outpace the TV crew, Mr. Wright stopped and reluctantly said a few words.

“I'm going to, first of all, give my submissions to the ethics commissioner. She's going to look into this and I think I can stand behind everything I did," Mr. Wright said.

"I made some mistakes. I'm living with the consequences of those mistakes. But I believe I can account for my actions and I think that's the right forum for it."

He declined to speak further.

“As I was saying, I am going to give all my answers to the ethics commissioner and she’ll look into it, thank you.”

The CTV reporter insisted and asked if Mr. Duffy had asked Mr. Wright for the $90,000.

“Told you what I'm going to do, so thanks for that,” Mr. Wright replied before trotting away.

Mr. Harper has said he wasn’t aware of the arrangement between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy.

Following Mr. Wright’s resignation, David Tkachuk, the Conservative senator in charge of the committee overseeing the audit into Mr. Duffy’s expenses, confirmed that Mr. Wright called regularly to keep tabs on the committee’s work.

The RCMP has said it is conducting a review into Senate audits of the expenses of Mr. Duffy and senators Patrick Brazeau, a former Conservative now sitting as an independent, and Mac Harb, a Liberal.